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REVIEW: Is ‘The Acolyte’ Exactly What Star Wars Has Been Missing?

Star Wars has had a rough few years on Disney Plus. Could The Acolyte pull the franchise’s shows back from the brink, or is it another mixed bag?

Taking place 100 years prior to the events of The Phantom Menace, the series follows a former Padawan (Amandla Stenberg) forced to ally with the Jedi Order and her former master Sol (Lee Jung-jae) after dark circumstances arise. By setting The Acolyte at the very end of the High Republic era, long before the name “Skywalker” ever graced the suns of Tatooine, the series is able to tell a story entirely detached from the established Star Wars canon fans have grown to expect from the Disney Plus shows. However, it’s a refreshing change of pace that redefines how franchises like Star Wars should use Disney Plus (or other streaming services) to supplement their tentpole releases with standalone stories, not glorified side missions for their most popular characters to cameo in.

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